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270 MASREREENK. 25 Nov. 1741, Anne, da. and h. of Henry Eyre, of Rowter, eo. Derby, l>y his first wife, Elizabeth, da. of Sir WQloughby Hickman, Bart. He d. suddenly (when out '• fowling " ), near Antrim, 17 Sep. 1757, and was bur, there. His widow (/. 20 May 1805. in her SOth year .(«) at Merrion square, Dublin. Will dat. 31 Jan. to 19 Feb. 1800, lir. -22 May 1812. Earldom [I.J 11. Viscountcy [I.J VI. 2 ami <!. ClOTWORTHY (SKEFFIXGTON), EARL o> Masserekne. YlsroiNT Masskukene. A:e. [I.], s. and h. ; b. 28 Jan. 1712; styled Lord LocroHSBACH from 1756 till he sue. to the peerage [I.J, 17 Sep. 1757: was ed at Reliefs Coll., Cambridge ; " in his early days figured very considerably in the walks of fashion, "(>>) but, having contracted large debts in France, was imprisoned at Paris, about 20 year*, escaping in May 1780. Hem. firstly, lit Aug. 1780, at St. Peter's, Cornhill, London nltho' said bo have been " twice" married previously in France to the same lady), Marie Anne, da. of Mons. ( — IiiRriKR, Gov. of the Chatelet in Paris, where he was imprisoned. She " the once celebrated and beautiful Countess," d- at Greenwich, in Oct. 1S00, aged 38.() He m. secondly, Elizabeth Lane. He s.p. 38 Feb. 1805. aged (12, at. Antrim Castle. His widow nu George Doran, who was living 1828, and thirdly (a> second wife) the Hon. George Massy, who d. 13 Au«. 1834, aged 70. She d. 10 March 1838, at Gloucester, aged 65. Will pr. April 1S38. Earldom [I.] 111. Viscountcy [I.] VII. jxuy (Skekfisoton), Earl of OUT Massehkene, Sic. [I.], next br. 3 atul 7. 11 Massereene, Visci 1805 :im ' ' ilDl,ut sometime Lieut. Col. 2<1 Reg. of Horse ; M.P. for Belfast and Gov. of Cork ; IMA (" the peerage [L], 28 Feb. 180o. He d. unm. 12 June 1811, aged 66. Will pr. 1811. J, ami a. Chichester (Skeffikgtox), Earl ni- Mas-erekne [1756], and Visoh-nt Massereene and [Uj.] Karon I iii-onkagh [111(10] in the peerage of Ireland, also a Baronet [16271, only snrv. br. and b., being 5th s. of the 1st Earl ; b. about 1750; sometime M.P. for Antrim. He m. in 1780, Harriett. 1st da. of Robert (Jocei.vn;, 1st Earl of Rouen [I ]. by Anne, da. and h. of James (Hamilton), Eahl ok Ci.anrrassili. [I.] He d., s.p.iu., in Dublin, 25 Feb. 1816, in his 67th year, when the Earldom of Masscrecne (as also tlic Baronetcy) became extinct, but (the issue male of the 2d Viscount having failed I the Viscountcy devolved as below. His widow d. 7 July 1831. Earldom [I.] IV. Viscountcy [1.1 VIII. Viscountcy 1 1.] ;j. Harriet, jure, Viscountess Massereene IX 18H> 1U "' HaRosess LouGHNKAiiH (I.], only da. ami h., being also heir general of the body of John (Clotworthy), 1st Viscount Mas- sereene [1 ], and, as such, entitled to the peerage dignity to which she sue. 25 Feb. lSlti. She m. 20 Nov. 1810, the Hon. Thomas Foster, who, consequently, by Royal lie. 8 Jan. 1817, took the name of Skefington in lieu of that of Foxlo: ' He." on the death of his mother, 20 Jan. 1821, became VISCOUNT FEKRAUD and BAUON ORIEL OF L'OI.LON |I.J, becoming, also, on the death of his father, 1(5 Aug. 1828, BARON ORIEL OF FERRARD [I'.K.] He d. 18 Jan. 1843. See fuller particulars of him under "FkBRaRD" Viscountcy [I.], er. 1 707, ttab the second holder of that dignity. His wife, the sua jure Viscountess d. before him, 2 Jan. 1831. (") She " had been a most beautiful woman and retained her vivacity and accomplishments to the hist." [Ann, Key., 1800. J She is (wrongly) called Elizabeth in "Lodge" (1780) and succeeding peerages. ( b ) Annual Reg. for 1800 (p. 65), and for 1805 (p. 400) where is a long account of the Earl's romantic career, and of the Countess' curious death,